Happy halloween, my lovelies! I feel so happy at the close of this October. Even though I didn’t draw as much as I was hoping, I feel like I made a lot of steps towards marketing my art (which is the part I’ve always been bad at ) I’ve met so many great people through the pop-ups I’ve done, and am on the verge of opening an online store, which will carry these little bunny block prints! I hope you all have a wonderful night!
Hey all! My apologies for the delay since my last update. October’s proven to be a pretty bonkers month for me. I’m participating in Inktober, participating in two shows here in KC, and preparing to open an online store at the end of the month! These two mini-drawings (they’re only 2x2″!) will be available there in matching gold frames. And to keep up with my daily drawings this month, follow me on Insta too!
Some say that the Black Rabbit hates us and wants our destruction. But the truth is — or so they taught me — that he, too, serves Lord Frith and does no more than his appointed task.
Yeah, like you can argue watership down wasn’t meant for little kids, the Brave Little Toaster was for like little little kids and had a lot of death and near death and accepting death and suidical themes. Like WTF Brave Little Toaster
Actually it’s oddly the other way around.
The book Watership Down wasn’t really written for anyone in particular however the stories were created as car trip stories the author told to his little girls. I’ve read a good chunk of the book (got busy and put it down halfway through) it’s not that bad and I would have no issues reading it to someone 7 and up (though if you’re older I think you’ll get more out of it). Yeah there’s some frick-up crap in there (mainly in the form of death and near death) but I’ve always found with books that one’s imagination can downplay some of the more horrifying factors. Not to mention rabbit folk tales are scattered throughout the book as more lighthearted contrast. It’s kind of like how if you think about Roald Dahl stories they’re fricked up but the way he writes them makes them less horrifying.
The movie however, I don’t know who that was made for. Visually seeing some of the frick up stuff on top of frick up visuals they added to up play the fricked-up parts (field of blood anyone) and you got a movie that would probably cause at least some kids to have nightmares.There was controversy upon it’s release as it was given a U rating meaning 4 and up. A lot of people disagreed with that. I personally don’t think it’s necessarily for adults but I don’t think I would show it to someone younger than 12.
The story first appeared as a novella in the August 1980 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.[1] Although appearing in a general circulation magazine, the story was written in the style of a children’s fable.
Disch said that he was unable to publish the story as a children’s book at first, because publishers thought the concept of talking appliances was too “far-fetched”,
The book did end up appealing to a lot of adults though
The movie on the other other hand might have been made with adults in mind
Though it is sometimes thought that the film was not released in cinemas because it failed to find a distributor,[12] in reality arthouse film distributor Skouras Pictures took on the distributing rights for the theatrical release, and was going to do evening screenings, noting it was more for college and young adult than kids.
I say might because I’m not entirely sure if this was the general consensus of the creative team.
If this is correct, I personally think is stupid cause it’s a movie about an animated toaster. Of course kids are going to be more drawn to it than adults are. That being said as a kid a lot of the death themes flew right over my head. Thinking about it, this movie is kind of similar to Watership Down in that everything is trying to kill them or at least could lead to their deaths.
In a lot of cases, it depends on how you frame the darker themes. You’d be surprised what you can get away with just by using metaphors.
Or by being Alex Hirsch, in which case you can put taxidermy heads vomiting blood on Disney XD (and later Disney Channel). To this day I wonder how that got past the censors.
But yeah, I find it strange that the gory rabbit movie which is “in your face” with the disturbing visuals was aimed at kids, whereas the cute talking-toaster movie which is less blunt about it was aimed at adults. How the heck does that happen?
El-Ahrairah piece I think I’m not going to finish out. Had a lot of fun with it conceptually and making the wolf forms but I’ve been losing enthusiasm for it and having trouble with getting the cohesion I want. I’ll probably take another stab at a different composition of this eventually though. I’ve wanted to do a nice “Prince of a Thousand” piece for a while.
El-Ahrairah piece I think I’m not going to finish out. Had a lot of fun with it conceptually and making the wolf forms but I’ve been losing enthusiasm for it and having trouble with getting the cohesion I want. I’ll probably take another stab at a different composition of this eventually though. I’ve wanted to do a nice “Prince of a Thousand” piece for a while.
Saw Watership Down for the first time and got chills during the Bright Eyes scene. I didn’t know that was where it originated. I also watched Felidae and The Plague Dogs…fun stuff.
“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.”
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“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies. And whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first, they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, Prince With a Swift Warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.“
“Rabbit of the Wind,” by Silverweed, as recited in the great warren.
The wind is blowing, blowing over the grass. It shakes the willow catkins; the leaves shine silver. Where are you going, wind? Far, far away Over the hills, over the edge of the world. Take me with you, wind, high over the sky. I will go with you, I will be rabbit-of-the-wind, Into the sky, the feathery sky and the rabbit.
The stream is running, running over the gravel, Through the brooklime, the kingcups, the blue and gold of spring. Where are you going, stream? Far, far away Beyond the heather, sliding away all night. Take me with you, stream, away in the starlight. I will go with you, I will be rabbit-of-the-stream, Down through the water, the green water and the rabbit.
In autumn the leaves come blowing, yellow and brown. They rustle in the ditches, they tug and hang on the hedge. Where are you going, leaves? Far, far away Into the earth we go, with the rain and the berries. Take me, leaves, O take me on your dark journey. I will go with you, I will be rabbit-of-the-leaves, In the deep places of the earth, the earth and the rabbit.
Frith lies in the evening sky. The clouds are red about him. I am here, Lord Frith, I am running through the long grass. O take me with you, dropping behind the woods, Far away, to the heart of light, the silence. For I am ready to give you my breath, my life, The shining circle of the sun, the sun and the rabbit.
“El-ahrairah,” said the Black Rabbit at last, “this is a cold warren: a bad place for the living and no place at all for warm hearts and brave spirits. You are a nuisance to me. Go home. I myself will save your people. Do not have the impertinence to ask me when. There is no time here. They are already saved.” -Watership Down, The Black Rabbit of Inle
“You must understand, El-ahrairah, that I have no wish to make you suffer. I am not one of the thousand. I repeat, you may stay or leave as you please. But if you are going to remain, perhaps you would care to hear a story; and to tell one yourself, if you like.” -Watership Down, El-ahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inle
